The fastest marathon runner in the world is Kenyan Dennis Kimetto. He ran a marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes, 57 seconds in the 2014 Berlin Marathon. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/2/18

If someone held cholesterol in his hand, it would look like a waxy substance that had been scraped from a whitish-yellow candle. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/3/18

The "Father of Medicine," Hippocrates (4th century B.C.) was one of the first physicians to argue for the benefits of fiber in the form bran to help keep the large intestine healthy. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/4/18

Scientology is a successor of founder Hubbard's earlier self-help system called "Dianetics," which was first published in 1950. Its publication is considered by Scientologists to be the seminal moment of the 20th century. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/5/18

In 2010, America experienced an eruption of whooping cough cases, due in part to parents choosing not to vaccinate their children. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/6/18

Maine is one of the top maple syrup producers in the nation, tapping over 545,000 gallons (2 million liters) of syrup every year. This is enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

In 2005, a typing error caused Mizuho Securities Co. to lose at least $225 million on a stock trade in Japan. The company accidentally sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen (less than a penny) when it actually intended to sell 1 share at 610,000 yen (or $5,041). - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/9/18

Cattle (which include sheep, camels, and other livestock) are the first and oldest form of money. Each head of cattle was called a caput, which is Latin for "head." So, a person with a lot of cattle had lots of caput or "capital," a word still used today to describe money. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/10/18

The largest gold nugget ever found is the "Welcome Stranger" discovered by John Deason and Richard Oates in Australia on February 5, 1869. The nugget is 10 by 25 inches and yielded 2,248 ounces of pure gold. It was found just two inches below the ground surface. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/11/18

Most modern American millionaires today (about 80%) are first-generation millionaires. Usually the fortune they build will dissipate by the second or third generation. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/12/18

The death of Rowling's mother from multiple sclerosis significantly influenced her writing, and death is a major theme throughout the Potter series. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/13/18

In eighteenth-century opera seria (serious opera), the main singers would stand in ballet's third position, with bent, bowlegged knees and heels together, with one ankle in front of the other. They remained in that position the entire song. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/14/18

Contrary to common belief, avocados are berries, not vegetables. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/15/18

Red wines are red because fermentation extracts color from the grape skins. White wines are not fermented with the skins present. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/16/18

Over 1.42 million pounds of tea are consumed in the U.S. every day. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/17/18

Pi is the most recognized mathematical constant in the world. Scholars often consider Pi the most important and intriguing number in all of mathematics. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/18/18

One billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. - Provided by FactRetriever.com

3/19/18

Multiplication tables are also called the “Table of Pythagoras,” after Pythagoras of Samos, the famous Ionian Greek philosopher and mathematician. - Provided by FactRetriever.com